2.Definitions:In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,-

a)“arbitration agreement”
means a written agreement to submit present or future differences to
arbitration, whether an arbitrator is named therein or not

b)“award” means an arbitration
award;

c)“Court” means a Civil Court having
jurisdiction to decide the question forming the subject-matter of reference if
the same had been the subject-matter of a suit, but
does not, except for the purpose of arbitration proceedings under Section 21,
include a Small Cause Court;

d)“legal representative” means
a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person, and includes
any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased, and, where a party
acts in a representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on
the death of the party so acting;

e)“reference” means a
reference to arbitration.

CHAPTER
II

Arbitration without intervention of a court

3.Provisions
implied in arbitration agreement:An arbitration agreement, unless a different
intention is expressed therein, shall be deemed to include the provisions set
out in the First Schedule in so far as they are applicable to the reference.

4.Agreement that arbitrators be appointed by third party:The parties to an arbitration agreement may agree that any reference
thereunder shall be to an arbitrator or arbitrators to be appointed by a person
designated in the agreement either by name or as the holder for the time being
of any office or appointment.

5.Authority of appointed arbitrator or umpire irrevocable except by leave
of Court:The authority of an appointed arbitrator of
umpire shall not be revocable except with the leave of the Court, unless a
contrary intention is expressed in the arbitration agreement.

6.Arbitration agreement not to be discharged by death of party thereto: (1) An arbitration agreement shall not be
discharged by the death of any party thereto, either as respects the deceased
or any other party, but shall in such event be enforceable by or against the
legal representative of the deceased.

(2)The authority of an arbitrator shall not be revoked by the death of any
party by whom he was appointed.

(3)Nothing in this section shall
affect the operation of any law by virtue of which any right of section is
extinguished by the death of a person.

7.Provisions
in case of insolvency:(1) Where it is provided by a term in a
contract to which an insolvent is a party that any differences arising thereout
or in connection therewith shall be referred to arbitration, the said term shall,
if the receiver adopts the contract, be enforceable by or against him so far as
it relates to any such differences.

(2)Where
a person who has been adjudged an insolvent had before the commencement of the
insolvency proceedings, become a party to an arbitration agreement, and any
matter to which the agreement applies is required to be determined in
connection with, or for the purposes of, the insolvency proceedings, then, if
the case is one to which sub-section
(1) does not apply, any other party to the agreement or the receiver may apply
to the Court having jurisdiction in the insolvency proceedings for an order
directing that the matter in question shall be referred to arbitration in
accordance with the agreement, and the Court may, if it is of opinion that,
having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the matter ought to be
determined by arbitration, make as order accordingly.

(3)In
this section the expression “receiver” includes an Official Assignee.

8.Power
of Court to appoint arbitrator or umpire: (1)In any of the following
cases –

(a)where an arbitration
agreement provides that the reference shall be to one or more arbitrators to be
appointed by consent of the parties, and all the parties do not, after
differences have arisen, concur in the appointment or appointments; or

(b)if any appointed arbitrator
or umpire neglects or refuses to act, or is incapable of acting, or dies, and
the arbitration agreement does not show that it was intended that the vacancy
should not be supplied, and the parties or the arbitrators, as the case may be,
do not supply the vacancy; or (c)where the parties or the
arbitrators are required to appoint an umpire and do not appoint him; any party
may serve the other parties or the arbitrators, as the case may be, with a
written notice to concur in the appointment or appointments or in supplying the
vacancy.

2)If the appointment is not
made within fifteen clear days after the service of the said notice, the Court
may, on the application of the party who gave the notice and after giving the
other parties an opportunity of being heard, appoint an arbitrator or
arbitrators or umpire, as the case may be, who shall have like power to act in
the reference and to make an award as if he or they had been appointed by
consent of all parties.

9.Power
to party to appoint new arbitrator, or, in certain cases, a sole arbitrator: Where an arbitration agreement provides
that a reference shall be to two arbitrators, one to be appointed by each
party, then, unless a different intention is expressed in the agreement,-

(a)if either of the appointed
arbitrators, neglects or refuses to act, or is incapable of acting, or dies,
the party who appointed him may appoint a new arbitrator in his place;

(b)if one party fails to
appoint an arbitrator, either originally or by way of substitution as
aforesaid, for fifteen clear days after the service by the other party of a
notice in writing to make the appointment, such other party having appointed
his arbitrator before giving the notice, the party who has appointed an
arbitrator may appoint that arbitrator to act as sole arbitrator in the
reference, and his award shall be binding on both parties as if he had been appointed
by consent.

Provided that the Court may set aside any
appointment as sole arbitrator made under clause (b) and either, on sufficient cause being shown, allow further time
to the defaulting party to appoint an arbitrator or pass such other order as it
thinks fit.

Explanation:The
fact that an arbitrator or umpire, after a request by either party to enter on
and proceed with the reference, does not within one month comply with the
request may constitute a neglect or refusal to act within the meaning of
Section 8 and this section.

10.Provision
as to appointment of three or more arbitrators: (1)Where an arbitration agreement
provides that a reference shall be to three arbitrators, one to be appointed by
each party and the third by the two appointed arbitrators, the agreement shall
have effect as if it provided for the appointment of an umpire, and not for the
appointment of a third arbitrator, by the two arbitrators appointed by the
parties.

(2)Where
an arbitration agreement provides that a reference shall be to three
arbitrators to be appointed otherwise than as mentioned in sub-section
(1), the award of the majority shall, unless the arbitration agreement
otherwise provides, prevail.

(3)Where
an arbitration agreement provides for the appointment of more arbitrators than
three, the award of the majority, or if the arbitrators are equally divided in
their opinions, the award of the umpire shall, unless the arbitration agreement
otherwise provides, prevail.

11.Power
to Court to remove arbitrators or umpire in certain circumstances: (1)The Court may, on the
application of any party to a reference, remove an arbitrator or umpire who
fails to use all reasonable dispatch in entering on and proceeding with the
reference and making an award.

(2)The
Court may remove an arbitrator or umpire who has misconducted himself or the
proceedings.

(3)Where
an arbitrator or the umpire is removed under this section, he shall not be
entitled to receive any remuneration in respect of his services. (4) For the
purposes of this section the expression “proceeding with the reference”
includes, in a case where reference to the umpire becomes necessary,
giving notice of that fact to the parties and to the umpire.

12.Power
of Court where arbitrator is removed or his authority revoked: (1)Where the Court removes an
umpire who has not entered on the reference or one or more arbitrators (not
being all the arbitrators), the Court may, on the application of any party to
the arbitration agreement, appoint persons to fill the vacancies.

(2)Where the
authority of an arbitrator or arbitrators or an umpire is revoked by leave of
the Court or where the Court removes an umpire who has entered on the reference
or a sole arbitrator or all the arbitrators, the Court may, on the application
of any party to the arbitration agreement, either –(a)appoint a person to act as sole arbitrator in
the place of the person or persons displaced, or

(b)order that the arbitration
agreement shall cease to have effect with respect to the difference referred.

(3)A person
appointed under this section as an arbitrator or umpire shall have the like
power to act in the reference and to make an award as if he had been appointed
in accordance with the arbitration agreement.

13.Powers
of arbitrator: The
arbitrators or umpire shall, unless a different intention is expressed in
agreement, have power to
–

(a)administer oath to the parties and witnesses
appearing;

(b)state a special case for the opinion of the
Court on any question of law involved, or state the award, wholly or in part,
in the form of a special case of such question for the opinion of the Court;

c)make the award conditional
or in the alternative;

(d)correct in an award any clerical mistake or
error arising from any accidental slip or omission;

(e)administer to any party to
arbitration such interrogatories as may, in the opinion of the arbitrators or
umpire, be necessary.

14.Award
to be signed and filed: (1)When the arbitrators or
umpire have made their award, they shall sign it and shall give notice in
writing to the parties of the making and signing thereof and of the amount of
fees and charges payable in respect of the arbitration and award.

(2)The
arbitrators or umpire shall, at the request of any party to the arbitration
agreement or any person claiming under such party or if so directed by the
Court and upon payment of the fees and charges due in respect of the arbitration
and award and of the costs and charges of filing the award, cause the award or
a signed copy of it, together with any depositions and documents which may have
been taken and proved before them, to be filed in the Court, and the Court
shall thereupon give notice to the parties of the filing of the award.

(3)Where
the arbitrators or umpire state a special case under clause (b) of Section 13, the Court, after
giving notice to the parties and hearing them, shall pronounce its opinion
thereon and such opinion shall be added to, and shall form part of, the
award.

15.Power
of Court to modify award: he
Court may by order modify or correct an award–

(a)Where it appears that a part
of the award is upon a matter not referred to arbitration and such part can be
separated from the other part and does not affect the decision on the matter
referred; or

(b)Where the award is imperfect
in form, or contains any obvious error which can be amended without affecting
such decision; or

(c)Where the award contains a
clerical mistake or an error arising from an accidental slip or omission.

16.Power
to remit award: (1)The Court may from time to time remit the award or any matter referred
to arbitration to the arbitrators or umpire for reconsideration upon such terms
as it thinks fit–

(a)where the award has left
undetermined any of the matters referred to arbitration, or where it determines
any matter not referred to arbitration, and such matters cannot be separated
without affecting the determination of the matters referred; or

(b)where the award is so
indefinite as to be incapable of execution; or

(c)where an objection to the
legality of the award is apparent upon the fact of it.

(2)Where an award is remitted under
sub-section (1) the Court shall fix the time within which the arbitrator or
umpire shall submit his decision to the court:

Provided that any time so fixed may
be extended by subsequent order of the Court.

(3)An
award remitted under sub-section (1) shall become void on the failure of the
arbitrator or umpire to reconsider it and submit his decision within the time
fixed.

17.Judgement in terms of award:Where the Court sees no cause
to remit the award or any of the matters referred to arbitration for
reconsideration or to set aside the award, the Court shall, after the time for
making an application to set aside the award has expired, or such application
having been made, after refusing it, proceed to pronounce judgment according to
the award, and upon the judgment so pronounced a decree shall follow and no
appeal shall lie from such decree except on the ground that it is in excess of,
or not otherwise in accordance with, the award.

18.Power
of Court to pass interim orders:
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 17, at any time after the
filing of the award, whether notice of the filing has been served or not, upon
being satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that a party has taken or is about to
take steps to defeat, delay or obstruct the execution of any decree that may be
passed upon the award, or that speedy execution of the award is just and
necessary, the Court may pass such interim orders as it deems necessary.

(2)Any
person against whom such interim orders have been passed may show cause against
such orders, and the Court, after hearing the parties, may pass such further
orders as it deems necessary and just.

19.Power to supersede arbitration where award becomes void or is set aside: Where an award has become void under
sub-section (3) of Section 16 or has been set aside, the Court may by order
supersede the reference and shall thereupon order that the arbitration
agreement shall cease to have effect with respect to the difference referred.

CHAPTER III

Arbitration with intervention of a Court where there is no suit pending

20.Application
to file in Court arbitration agreement: (1)Where any persons have
entered into an arbitration agreement before the institution of any suit with
respect to the subject-matter of the agreement or any part of it, and where a
difference has arisen to which the agreement applies, they or any of them,
instead of proceeding under Chapter II, may apply to a Court having
jurisdiction in the matter to which the agreement relates, that the agreement
be filed in Court.

(2)The
application shall be in writing and shall be numbered and registered as a suit
between one or more of the parties interested or claiming to be interested as
plaintiff or plaintiffs and the remainder as defendant or defendants, if the
application has been presented by all the parties, or, if otherwise, between
the applicant as plaintiff and the other parties as defendants.
(3)On such application being made, the Court
shall direct notice thereof to be given to all parties to the agreement other
than the applicants, requiring them to show cause within the time specified in
the notice why the agreement should not be filed.
(4)Where no sufficient cause is shown, the Court
shall order the agreement to be filed, and shall make an order of reference to
the arbitrator appointed by the parties, whether in the agreement or otherwise,
or, where the parties cannot agree upon an arbitrator, to an arbitrator
appointed by the Court.
(5)Thereafter the arbitration shall proceed in
accordance with, and shall be governed by, the other provisions of this Act so
far as they can be made applicable.

CHAPTER IV

Arbitration in Suits

21.Parties to suit may apply for order of reference:Where in any suit all the parties interested agree that any matter in
difference between them in the suit shall be referred to arbitration, they may
at any time before judgment is pronounced apply in writing to the Court for an
order of reference.

22.Appointment of arbitrator: The arbitrator shall be appointed in such manner as may be agreed
upon between the parties.

23.Order of reference:
(1) The Court shall, by order, refer to the arbitrator the matter in difference
which he is required to determine, and shall in the order specify such time as
it thinks reasonable for the making of the award.
(2)Where a
matter is referred to arbitration, the Court shall not, save in the manner and
to the extent provided in this Act, deal with such matter in the suit.

24.Reference to arbitration by some of the parties:Where some only of the parties to a suit apply to have the matters in
difference between them referred to arbitration in accordance with, and in the
manner provided by, Section 21, the Court may, if it thinks fit, so refer such
matters to arbitration (provided that the same can be separated from the rest
of the subject-matter of the suit) in the manner provided in that section, but
the suit shall continue so far as it relates to the parties who have not joined
in the said application and to matters not contained in the said reference as
if no such application had been made, and an award made in pursuance of such a
reference shall be binding only on the parties who have joined in the
application.

25.Provisions applicable to arbitration under this Chapter:The
provisions of the other chapters shall, so far as they can be made applicable,
apply to arbitration under this Chapter: Provided that the Court may, in any of
the circumstances mentioned in Sections 8, 10, 11 and 12, instead of filing up
the vacancies or making the appointments, make an order superseding the
arbitration and proceed with the suit, and where the Court makes an order
superseding the arbitration under Sec.19, it shall proceed with the suit.

CHAPTER V

General

26.Application of Chapter:
Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the provisions of this Chapter shall
apply to all arbitrations.

[26-AAward to set out
reasons: (1)The arbitrators or umpire shall state in the
award the reasons for the award in sufficient detail to enable the Court to consider
any question of law arising out of the award.
(2)Where the award does not state the reasons in
sufficient detail, the Court shall remit the award to the arbitrators or umpire
and fix the time within which the arbitrator or umpire shall submit the award
together with the reasons in sufficient detail:Provided
that any time so fixed may be extended by subsequent order of the Court.
(3)An award remitted
under sub-section (2) shall become void on the failure of the arbitrators or
umpire to submit it in accordance with the direction of the Court.]

27.Power
of arbitrators to make an interim award: (1) Unless a different intention appears in the arbitration
agreement, the arbitrators or umpire, may, if they think fit, make an interim
award.
2.All references in this Act to an
award shall include reference to an interimaward made under sub-section (1).

28.Power
to Court only to enlarge time for making award: (1)
The Court may, if it thinks fit, whether the time for making the award has
expired or not and whether the award has been made or not, enlarge from
time to time the time for making the award.
(2)Any provision in an arbitration agreement
whereby the arbitrators or umpire may, except with the consent of all the
parties to the agreement, enlarge the time for making the award, shall be void
and of no effect.

29.Interest on awards:Where and in so far as an award is for the
payment of money the Court may in the decree order interest, from the date of
the decree at such rate as the Court deems reasonable, to be paid on the
principal sum as adjudged by the award and confirmed by the decree.

30.Grounds for setting aside award:An award shall not be set
aside on one or more of the following grounds, namely:-

(a)that an arbitrator or umpire
has misconducted himself or the proceedings;
(b)That an award has been made after the issue of an order by the Court
superseding the arbitration or after the arbitration proceedings have become
invalid under Section 35;
(c)That an award has been improperly procured or is otherwise invalid.

31.Jurisdiction: (1)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, an award may be filed in any Court
having jurisdiction in the matter to which the reference relates.
(2)Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force and save as
otherwise provided in this Act, all questions regarding the
validity, effect or existence of an award or an arbitration agreement between
the parties to the agreement or persons claiming under them shall be decided by
the Court in which the award under the agreement has been, or may be filed, and
by no other court.
(3)All applications regarding the conduct of arbitration proceedings or
otherwise arising out of such proceedings shall be made
to
the Court where the award has been, or may be filed, and to no other Court.

(4)Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act or in any
other law for the time being in force, where in any reference any application
under this Act has been made in a Court competent to entertain it, that Court
alone shall have jurisdiction over the arbitration proceedings and all
subsequent applications arising out of that reference and the arbitration
proceedings shall be made in that Court and in no other Court.

32.Bar
to suits contesting arbitration agreement or award: Notwithstanding any law for the time being
in force, no suit shall lie on any ground whatsoever for a decision upon the
existence, effect or validity of an arbitration agreement or award, nor shall
any arbitration agreement or award be enforced, set aside, amended, modified or
in any way affected otherwise than as provided in this Act.

33.Arbitration agreement or award to be contested by application:Any
party to an arbitration agreement or any person claiming under him desiring to
challenge the existence or validity of an arbitration agreement or an award or
to have the effect of either determined shall apply to the Court and the Court
shall decide the question on affidavits:

Provided
that where the Court deems it just and expedient, it may set down the
application for hearing on other evidence also, and it may pass such orders for
discovery and particulars as it may do in a suit.

34.Power
to stay legal proceedings where there is an arbitration agreement: Where any party to an arbitration agreement
or any person claiming under him commences any legal proceedings against any
other party to the agreement or any person claiming under him in respect of any
matter agreed to be referred, any party to such legal proceedings may, at any
time before filing a written statement or taking any other steps in the
proceedings, apply to the judicial authority before which the proceedings are
pending to stay the proceedings; and if satisfied that there is no sufficient
reason why the matter should not be referred in accordance with the arbitration
agreement and that the applicant was, at the time when the proceedings were
commenced, and still remains, ready and willing to do all things necessary to
the proper conduct of arbitration, such authority may make an order staying the
proceedings.

35.Effect
of legal proceedings on arbitration: (1)No reference nor award shall be rendered
invalid by reason only of the commencement of legal proceedings upon the
subject-matter of the reference, but when legal proceedings upon the whole of
the subject-matter of the reference have been commenced between all the parties
to the reference and a notice thereof has been given to the arbitrators or
umpire, all further proceedings in a pending reference shall, unless a stay of
proceedings granted under Section 34, be invalid.
(2)In this section the expression
“parties to the reference” includes any persons claiming under any of the
parties and litigating under the same title.

36.Power of Court, where arbitration agreement is ordered not to apply to
a particular difference, to order that a provision making an award a condition
precedent to an action shall not apply to such difference:Where it is provided (whether in the arbitration agreement or otherwise)
that an award under an arbitration agreement shall be a condition precedent to
the bringing of an action with respect to any matter to which the agreement
applies, the Court, if it orders (whether under this Act or any other law) that
the agreement shall cease to have effect as regards any particular difference,
may further order that the said provision shall also cease to have effect as
regards that difference.

37.Limitations: (1) All
the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), shall apply to
arbitrations as they apply to proceedings in Court.

(2)Notwithstanding
any term in an arbitration agreement to the effect that no cause of action
shall accrue in respect of any matter required by the agreement to be referred
until an award is made under the agreement, a cause of action shall, for the
purpose of limitation, be deemed to have accrued in respect of any such matter
at the time when it would have accrued but for that term in the agreement.

(3)For the purposes of this section and of the
Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), an arbitration shall be deemed to be
commenced when one party to the arbitration agreement serves on the other
parties thereto, a notice requiring the appointment of an arbitrator, or where
the arbitration agreement provides that the reference shall be to a person
named or designated in the agreement, requiring that the difference be
submitted to the person so named or designated.

(4)Where the terms of an agreement to refer future
differences to arbitration provide that any claims to which the agreement
applies shall be barred unless notice to appoint an arbitrator is given
or an arbitrator is appointed or some other step to commence arbitration
proceedings is taken within a time fixed by the agreement, and a difference
arises to which the agreement applies, the court, if it is of opinion that in
the circumstances of the case undue hardship would otherwise be caused and
notwithstanding that the time so fixed has expired, may on such terms, if any,
as the justice of the case may require, extend the time for such period as it
thinks proper.

(5)Where the Court orders that an award be set
aside or orders, after the commencement of an arbitration, that the arbitration
agreement shall cease to have effect with respect to the difference referred,
the period between the commencement of the arbitration and the date of the
order of the Court shall be excluded in computing the time prescribed by the
Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908), for the commencement of the proceedings
(including arbitration) with respect to the difference referred.

38.Disputes as to arbitrator’s remuneration or costs: (1) If in any case an arbitrator or umpire
refuses to deliver his award except on payment of the fees demanded by him, the
Court may on an application in this behalf, order that the arbitrator or umpire
shall deliver the award to the applicant on payment into Court by the applicant
of the fees demanded, and shall, after such inquiry, if any, as it thinks fit,
further order that out of the money so paid into Court there shall be paid to
the arbitrator or umpire by way of fees such sum as the Court may consider
reasonable and that the balance of the money, if any, shall be refunded to the
applicant.

(2)An
application under sub-section (1) may be made by any party to the reference
unless the fees demanded have been fixed by written agreement between him and
the arbitrator or umpire, and the arbitrator or umpire shall be entitled to
appear and be heard on any such application.

(3)The Court may make such orders
as it thinks fit respecting the costs of an arbitration where any question
arises respecting such costs and the award contains no sufficient provision
concerning them.

CHAPTER VI

Appeals

39.Appealable
orders: (1)An appeal shall be lie from the following
orders passed under this Act (and from no others) to the Court authorised by
law to hear appeals from original decrees of the Court passing the order:-

An order- (i)superseding an
arbitration;
(ii)on an award stated in the form
of a special case;(iii)modifying or correcting an
award;(iv)filing or refusing to file an
arbitration agreement;(v)staying or refusing to stay
legal proceedings where there is an arbitration agreement;(vi)setting aside or refusing to set
aside an award:
Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any order
passed by a Small Cause Court.

(2)No second appeal shall lie from an order passed in appeal under this
section, but nothing in this section shall affect to take away any right
to appeal to the Supreme Court.

40.Small
Cause Court not to have jurisdiction over
arbitrations save arbitrations in suits before it:A Small Cause Court
shall have no jurisdiction over any arbitration proceedings or over any
application arising thereout save on application made under Section 21.

CHAPTER VII

Miscellaneous

41.Procedure and powers of Court:Subject to the provisions of
this Act and of rules made thereunder:-

(a)the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, shall apply to
all proceedings before the court, and to all appeals, under this Act; and

(b)the Court shall have, for the purpose of, and in relation to
arbitration proceedings, the same power of making orders in respect of any of
the matters set out in the Second Schedule as it has for the purpose of, and in
relation to, any proceedings before the Court:

Provided that nothing in clause (b) shall be taken to prejudice any power
which may be vested in an arbitrator or umpire for making orders with respect
to any of such matters.

42.Service of notice by party or arbitrator:Any
notice required by this Act to be served otherwise than through the Court by a
party to an arbitration agreement or by an arbitrator or umpire shall be served
in the manner provided in the arbitration agreement, or if there is no such
provision, either–

(a)by delivering it to the
person on whom it is to be served, or

(b)by sending it by post in a
letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or
business in Pakistan and registered under Chapter VI of the Post Office Act,
1898.

43.Power of Court to issue processes for appearance before arbitrator: (1)The Court shall issue the same processes to the parties and witnesses
whom the arbitrator or umpire desires to examine as the Court may issue in
suits tried before it.

(2)
Persons, failing to attend in accordance with such process, or making any other
default, or refusing to give their evidence, or guilty of any contempt to the
arbitrator or umpire during the investigation of the reference, shall be
subject to the like disadvantages, penalties and punishments by order of the
Court on the representation of the arbitrator or umpire as they would incur for
like offences in suits tried before the Court.

(3)
In this section the expression “processes” includes summonses and commissions
for the examination of witnesses and summonses to produce documents.

44.Power
to High Court to make rules:The High Court may make rules consistent with
this Act as to–

(a)the filing of awards and all
proceedings consequent thereon or incidental thereto;

(b)the filing and hearing of
special cases and all proceedings consequent thereon or incidental thereto;

(c)the staying of any suit or
proceeding in contravention of an arbitration agreement;

(d)the forms to be used for the
purposes of this Act;

(e)generally, all proceedings
in Court under this Act.

45.Government to be bound:The provisions of this Act shall be binding on
the Government.

46.Application of Act to statutory arbitrations:The
provisions of this Act except sub-section (1) of Section 6 and Sections 7, 12,
36 and 37, shall apply to every arbitration under any other enactment for the
time being in force, as if the arbitration were pursuant to an arbitration
agreement and as if that other enactment were an arbitration agreement, except
in so far as this Act is inconsistent with that other enactment or with any
rules made thereunder.

47.Act to apply to all arbitrations:Subject to the provisions of
Section 46, and save in so far as is otherwise provided by any law for the time
being in force, the provisions of this Act shall apply to all arbitrations and
to all proceedings thereunder:

Provided that an arbitration award otherwise
obtained may with the consent of all the parties interested be taken into
consideration as a compromise or adjustment of a suit by any Court before which
the suit is pending.

48.Saving for pending references: The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any reference pending
at the commencement of this Act, to which the law in force immediately before
the commencement of this Act shall, notwithstanding any special repeal effected
by this Act, continue to apply.

49.Repeals and amendments:[Repealed by Sec.2 and Schedule 1 of the
Repealing and Amending Act, 1945 (6 of 1945)]